Length of stay, mortality, morbidity and delay to surgery in hip fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 922-927

  Lefaivre, K A ^a,b   Macadam, S A ^a,c   Davidson, D J ^a,b   Gandhi, R ^a,d   Chan, H ^a,e   Broekhuyse, H M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Toronto Western Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRESSURE ULCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650116254     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B7.22446     Document Type: Article

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